Is there such a thing as a grasshopper trap?

[Camelot Farms]

Double sided sticky tape?

 

[drumstick diva]

If you use sticky traps then the poor chickens will get sticky mouth trying to eat them. If you use the net things how do you keep the grasshoppers from jumping back out? I hate them, even wearing jeans they manage to hop up inside the pants legs - ugh!! Where are hungry chickens when you really need them??

 

[emys]

The extra length of cloth on a sweep net as apposed to a butterfly net holds them in, that and the motion of your sweep. When you stop the sweep, you should have enough cloth to hold together under the hoop to keep them trapped.

 

[chickadee2]

Grasshoppers are way too fast for my 75 years. We live on a wildlife habitat and there are too many predators to allow the 6 pullets to free range. They do have a large area (500 square feet) but NOTHING can compare to being able to free range and chase those grasshoppers. The chickens stand around the coop edges and hope something comes through the 1/2" hardware cloth. I wish there was easy way to round up a bunch of them. I bought an insect net, but it was futile.

Chickadee2 and 1 BR, 2 Americanas, 1 Silver laced Wynadotte, 1 speckled Sussex, 1 Salmon Faverolle.

 

[lynn1961]

When my sister and I were kids we used to catch grasshoppers at night. Would take a flashlight outside and find the hoppers in the tops of the tall weeds or sitting on the fence, wherever they were at, something about catching them at night with a flashlight slows them done to almost no movement. Had not thought of doing that for years until I saw you post. I imagine my neighbors would think I was a crazy old lady if they saw me out catching grasshoppers at night with a flashlight, but oh well.

 

[centrarchid]

I do freerange my hens on 5 acres. I live on 215 acres. tons of grasshoppers right now. I can't just turn them loose because of dogs. I live in the country, which city people see as a great place to dump their unwanted dogs! How long do you think it would take to catch by hand grasshoppers for 150 hens?

With a flock of that size it may be worth your while to acquire a full sized livestock guardian dog. Such should control damages caused by roaming dogs as well as foxes and coyotes that in reality would be a bigger problem anyway.

 

[centrarchid]

I used to have a game rooster that would follow me about for grasshoppers. I employed a butterfly net and he would eat some but offered most up to his harem like a middleman. Such active capture methods though not practical for any number of birds and I am not aware of any grasshopper traps on market. They are not attracted to UV light or pheromones like many other insects.

 

[Red Barn Farms]

Here's a link for making a grasshopper trap

http://milam.my3website.net/Bright_Ideas/Grasshopper_Trap/Grasshopper_Trap.html

 

[farmerbrowne]

Here's a link for making a grasshopper trap

http://milam.my3website.net/Bright_Ideas/Grasshopper_Trap/Grasshopper_Trap.html

is that the correct site? my computer comes up with error

 

[redpennies15]

When my sister and I were kids we used to catch grasshoppers at night. Would take a flashlight outside and find the hoppers in the tops of the tall weeds or sitting on the fence, wherever they were at, something about catching them at night with a flashlight slows them done to almost no movement. Had not thought of doing that for years until I saw you post. I imagine my neighbors would think I was a crazy old lady if they saw me out catching grasshoppers at night with a flashlight, but oh well.

This is exactly what we do near Dallas, TX. The grasshopper population is endless every summer! They're like a plague from the days of Moses! They strip the peach tree to the pits of the unripe peaches and then start eating the bark! I put a chicken coop next to the garden to scare off the grasshoppers. Unfortunately, grasshoppers get smart after a while. They stopped going anywhere near the chicken's fenced-in area by our garden. They knew they'd get eaten. So, my mom and I started catching them by hand with a flashlight at night in peanut-butter jars. They are very easy to catch at 11:00pm. They do spit their "tabacco" on your fingers. Smells terrible by the time the chickens wake up to eat them! Stings if you have a cut. And the grasshoppers get more jumpy as the summer goes on. They learn to jump at the least sign of movement or flashlight shining across them!

I would love to find a better way to do this! Can't free-range chickens because they keep getting in the road. 16 acres to explore and they have to go across the street! Grass is greener on the other side...sign.